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Police break up NYE teen drinking party, arrest adult hosts

Savannah-Chatham police arrested five people after breaking up a teen drinking party on New Year’s Eve, including the adults who allegedly hosted the celebration.

Police say that just after 9:30 p.m. a traffic officer spotted three young boys running near AAction Air Conditioning in the 6700 block of Johnny Mercer Boulevard on Wilmington Island. The boys jumped into a vehicle, and the officer who pulled them over said he found teen boys with alcohol and marijuana.

Police arrested the driver of the car, 49-year-old Jane Foster and cited her with having an open container. Her 15-year-old son was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor.

Dillion McKim, 18, and 17-year-old Brandon Sikes were charges with marijuana possession, and McKim also was charged with open container an possession of alcohol by a minor.

When officers drove through the area, they say they found several more teens in front of a home in the 6700 block of Johnny Mercer Boulevard, near Penn Waller Road, and more than 30 people drinking in the backyard, most of them teens.

Police say only three people over 21 were at the home and that they found a bong, a backpack with a scale and 13 empty plastic baggies, several bottles of liquor and several empty beer cans in the house.

Laughter was charged with furnishing alcohol to minors, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and maintaining a disorderly house. Beebee was charged with possession of marijuana, furnishing alcohol to minors and possession of drug related objects.

People under 18 were released to their parents’ custody, police say, and those over 18 were allowed to leave once a sober driver was found to take them home.